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superstructure definition

super·struc·ture (-struk′c̸hər)

noun

  1. a structure built on top of another: sometimes used figuratively
  2. that part of a building above the foundation
  3. that part of a ship above the main deck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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